Tyrone Mimitte, right, hurriedly gathers his possessions as Louisiana State Troopers prepare to remove a homeless encampment underneath the Pontchartrain Expressway in downtown New Orleans early in the morning on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)

City officials on Tuesday opened the Treme Recreation Community Center on North Villere Street to anyone in need of a place to get warm, after the city's initial warming shelter at the Rosenwald Recreation Center on Broad Street became full. Both have beds available for guests to stay overnight.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order that will assist in efforts surrounding the unhoused community.

Take Landry’s approach with the heavily blue city of New Orleans, for example. The governor pushed the city’s much-criticized Sewerage & Water Board to better serve its long-suffering customers and has spearheaded an effort to repave streets and clean up the area around the Caesars Superdome in advance of next month’s Super Bowl.

New transitional shelter for 200 unhoused people opens as the state clears camps near major New Orleans landmarks.

Landry promoted Scott Ballard, one of the owners of PJ's Coffee, to chairman, and appointed prominent New Orleans trial attorney and retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Roderick "Rico" Alvendia to the board that governs the LSU system, including two Shreveport campuses.

More than 1,300 flights to, from or within the U.S. were already canceled Wednesday morning and more than 900 were delayed, according to online tracker FlightAware.com. Both Houston airports

When the sun rose on the Gulf Coast Wednesday, palm trees were dusted with snow, waves crashed on icy beaches, and overjoyed Southerners grabbed whatever would slide and headed for the closest hill. This week's historic winter storm has dumped record-breaking amounts of snow from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle,

An LSU law school professor has reportedly been removed from teaching classes for making political comments to students, his attorney says.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we catch up with a Tulane University epidemiologist for tips on how to stay safe from viruses this winter. We also take a look at a citywide art triennial, and hear about Gov.

Roughly 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas are under winter weather alerts, as a rare winter storm brings bone-chilling temperatures and potentially historic snowfall to cities unused to harsh cold weather.